. >> narrator: for mitt romney, growing up in this affluent suburban detroit neighborhood was just about perfect.er >> mitt romney did have this rather elite upbringing. a very wealthy community. he is, you know, very well taken care of. >> narrator: mitt was the youngest of four children. >> these are people who just adored their children. and you could see that mitt and his dad had a very special bond. >> the dad stuff just can't be underestimated. george romney comes up again and again and again as a motif in mitt romney's life. >> narrator: at home, george romney ruled the roost. his children lived in his reflected glory. >> when he walked in the room, you knew he was there. he had a lot of, a lot of power to him, and it was, he was a lot of fun. i mean, he was our hero. >> narrator: george had made a fortune in the auto industry the old-fashioned way: he earned it. >> george romney was, in many ways, a figure from another time. >> what's more fitting than that detroit... >> narrator: at a time when the american car was king... >> ...should hold the world's largest automobile show? >